Packing means for combs to prevent distortion of the teeth



Sept. 3, 1929. A L727 ,11116 PACKING MEANS FOR COMES TO PREVENT DISTORTIONOF um TEE'LH.

Filed Feb.-10, 1928 Patented Sept. 3, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD SAG-ER, 0F MANNHEIM-BHEINAU, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR T0 RHEINISCHE GUMMI- UNI) CELLULOID FABRIK, OF MANNHEIM-NECKARAU, GERMANY.

PACKING MEANS FOR COMES TO PREVENT DISTOHTION OF TEETH.

Application filed February 10, 1928, Serial As is well known, the teeth of combs made from horn, rubber, artificial compositions and the like, especially the finer teeth, become easily distorted.

My present invention provides a pack ng means for such combs to prevent distortion of the teeth, said packing means consisting of a negative or counterpart comb (of inexpensive material, such as paste-board) the teeth of which engage in the gaps between the comb teeth to be protected.

A constructional form of my invention is illustrated, by way of example, on the accompanying drawing, whereon Fig. 1 shows a comb and a packing means for ensuring the form of its teeth, separated from one another; and

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary face View, to a larger scale, showing the comb and the packing means fitted together.

The packing means takes the form of a comb-like strip 0 having teeth d adapted to inter-engage with the teeth, or at least the' finer teeth, of the comb b, said teeth 03 corresponding in width to the gaps between the finer teeth a of the comb Z). Preferably the packing strip or counterpart comb 0 consists of paste-board or similar inexpensive material.

After the comb b is made and before it is despatched from the factory, the packing No. 253,240, and in Germany May 20, 1927.

strip 0 is brought into engagement therewith in the manner illustrated by Fig. 2, and the two members remain in this condition until the comb b is retailed, so that they '35 form in effect a single piece. The packing st ip obviously protects the teeth of the comb with which it engages and prevents said teeth becoming distorted.

Having now fully described my invention, 40 what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. As new article of manufacture a packing strip of cheap material in the form of a comb with short projecting teeth adapted to be snugly wedged in between the tips of the teeth of a comb for the purpose of preventing the warping of the same out of parallelism one with another.

2. Packing means for preventing thedis- 5 tortion of the teeth of combs consisting of a counterpart comb oi inexpensive material the teeth of which are of a thickness such as to completely fill the spaces bet-ween the ends of theteeth ot' the said comb when inserted therebetween, whereby the warping ot the teeth of said comb out of parallel one with another may be prevented when said counterpart comb is in position.

In testimony whereof I have aifixed my signature. 1

RICHARD SAGER. 

